The 14-inch notebook, which has been officially unveiled to the UK for the first time, contains the world’s thinnest 14-inch notebook panel, which is just 5.5mm thick and sits on the keys via a hinge-forward design that also lets you tilt the display for wider viewing angles.

It's a 1366x768 HD display, and the notebook itself is powered by a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5 processor along with discreet Nvidia GeForce GT540M graphics and 1GB of GDDR3 video memory. Storage is a 500GB HDD and there's 4GB of RAM packed in.

On board there is USB 3.0 connectivity and the battery life is an impressive 10 hours. There's a webcam for video calling, HDMI connectivity, a card reader and security is taken care of by the BIOS booting user password Protection, HDD user password protection and security.